#B5BDBA#B5BDBA

#B5BDBA is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.010 H 171.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5BDBA
RGB	rgb(181, 189, 186)
HSL	hsl(158, 6%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(158, 4%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.92, -3.33, 0.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.92, 3.38, 170.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.12% -0.0097 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(79.12% 0.01 171.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.1149, 49.7638, 53.6207)
Luminance	0.4976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5BDBA #BDB5B8

analogous

#B5BDB6 #B5BDBA #B5BCBD

triadic

#B5BDBA #BAB5BD #BDBAB5

tetradic

#B5BDBA #B6B5BD #BDB5B8 #BCBDB5

square

#B5BDBA #B6B5BD #BDB5B8 #BCBDB5

split-complementary

#B5BDBA #BDB5BC #BDB6B5

monochromatic

#75837E #95A09C #B5BDBA #D5DAD8 #EFF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#B5BDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#B5BDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5BDBA

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5BDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5BDBA	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBCBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBBBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5bdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 189, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.010 171.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbd0ce',
    500: '#b5bdba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5bdba;
$custom-light: #cbd0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5bdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.5,
    "s": 5.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7912,
    "c": 0.0098,
    "h": 171.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5BDBA

secondary

#E7E4E5

accent

#566C90

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F8F9F9

border

#D1D2D2

text

#131413

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5BDBA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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